Radical Red
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Engelsk
As income inequality soars, as industries become further mechanized, as the populace cries out for some semblance of a social safety net and corporations complain of too much regulation, we are long o...
Forlagsbeskrivelse af Radical Red af Nathan Dixon
As income inequality soars, as industries become further mechanized, as the populace cries out for some semblance of a social safety net and corporations complain of too much regulation, we are long overdue for a strong dose of protest literature. This winner of the 15th annual BOA Short Fiction Prize features linked stories that indict the ultraconservative movement that emerged at the end of the Cold War and extends into present day. One strand of narratives follows a cohort of tea party conservatives—a politician, a radioman, and a televangelist—as their hyperbolic language shapes the world around them and leads to episodes of time travel and body horror. The second strand follows individuals victimized by conservative policy: their voices, their futures, their very bodies stripped from their possession. The final strand investigates the ways in which young conservatives have adapted the nostalgic rhetoric of their forebears to carry on the twin projects of minority oppression and environmental degradation—both of which they couch in the language of “freedom. ”Radical Red is set in the South and parodies the stereotypes that are still so prevalent here. Although the characters are more than mere ciphers, they move through their semi-speculative world to illustrate ideas in the same way Richard Wright and Ursala Le Guin’s characters do.
Detaljer
Forlag
BOA Editions, Limited
ISBN
9781960145499
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
189
Udgivelsesdato
24-07-2025
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3339985
EAN nr.
9781960145499
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
133
Bredde (mm)
203
Længde (mm)
15